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Cornaglia, Francesca; Crivellaro, Elena; McNally, Sandra - 2012

Mental health problems - and depression in particular - have been rising internationally. The link between poor mental health and poor educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child wellbeing and the...

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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates

Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010

This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...

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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? Evidence from German pre-teen children

Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are … better recommendations to taller students. This holds even when controlling for academic achievement and parental background … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …

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Study achievement for students with kids

Hallberg, Daniel; Lindh, Thomas; éZamac, Jovan - 2011

In this paper we explore the composition of students, the study length towards diploma, and examine the likelihood of … female university students in Sweden has children. In Sweden as in many other countries enrollment periods have been … achievement we find that students with children seem to be somewhat more efficient in their studies among those who have graduated …

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International Evidence on School Tracking: A Review

Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 07 (2009) 1, pp. 26-34

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Ability, parental valuation of education and the high school dropout decision

Foley, Kelly; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Green, David A. - 2009

We use a large, rich Canadian micro-level dataset to examine the channels through which family socio-economic status and unobservable characteristics aff ect children's decisions to drop out of high school. First, we document the strength of observable socio-economic factors: our data suggest...

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Labor-market returns to the GED using regression discontinuity analysis

Jepsen, Christopher; Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth - 2012

We evaluate the labor-market returns to General Educational Development (GED) certification using state administrative data. We develop a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) method to account for the fact that GED test takers can repeatedly retake the test until they pass it. Our technique can...

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